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As of the start of December, the Airdrie Bisons are in third place in the South Division of the AEHL’s U18 AAA league, with an 8-4-5 record. Airdrie is two points behind the Lethbridge Hurricanes in second place, and three points behind the division-leading Calgary Flames.

Reached after the race, Grant said he was feeling “pretty sore” after contending with the difficult conditions presented on race day. The Airdronian finished the six-kilometre course, which consisted of two 1.5-kilometre loops and a three-kilometre loop, in 22:05, for a per-kilometre pace of 3:40.

Members of the Airdrie RCMP and Airdrie Fire Department will lace up their skates and battle it out on the ice this weekend, in support of the Airdrie 1st Club.

Despite the winless showing, Crame said his players had a great time on the trip to Westlock, and added the tournament was a fitting way to wrap up high-school volleyball for the many senior players on the team – particularly considering they had missed out on their Grade 11 season due to the pandemic.

Alberta's representative rink has won a bye to the U21 national curling semi-finals in Saskatoon, including Cochrane-area lead Julianna Mackenzie, a 2020 graduate of St. Timothy’s High School

Even though they fell short of what would have been Croxford’s first-ever Zones championship in volleyball, Fuller said his team was pleased with the silver-medal showing. He added this year marked the Cavaliers senior girls’ team’s first time competing at Zones.

The Cochrane High Cobras will compete in the Alberta Schools' Athletic Association provincial final after claiming a victory against Medicine Hat's Crescent Heights Vikings in the Tier III South final Nov. 20.

Midfielder Mackenzie Georgsen, of Langdon, was a member of the SAIT Trojans women’s soccer team, who recently placed third at the 2021 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) national championships at Humber College, in Toronto.

Boys and girls teams will be pitted against a pool of other teams in Strathmore this weekend at South Central Zones

Playing in the Division 2 semi-finals of the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association (CSHSAA) playoffs, the Kodiaks traded the first four sets back and forth with the Ravens but could not overcome the visitors from Calgary in the fifth and deciding set.